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Ministry of Women and Child Development
REHABILITATION OF ORPHAN/STREET CHILDREN
The Hon'ble Prime Minister has announced PM CARES for Children scheme to support children who have lost both parents or surviving parent or legal guardian or adoptive parents due to COVID-19 pandemic. The scheme is accessible through an online portal i.e. pmcaresforchildren.in. The applications of such children are uploaded on the portal by the respective State/ UT Governments. As on 03.02.2022, 6654 applications have been uploaded on the portal out of which, 3890 applications have been approved as per due process.
Further, the Juvenile Justice  Act, 2015 and the Adoption Regulations 2017 has a framework for the rehabilitation of orphaned, abandoned, and surrendered children. The Child Welfare Committee and the District Child Protection Unit are entrusted with rehabilitation of children.
The Ministry is implementing a centrally sponsored scheme namely Child Protection Services  Scheme – Mission Vatsalya under which support is provided to States and UT Governments for delivering services for children in need of care and in difficult circumstances. The Child Care Institutions  established under the CPS scheme support inter-alia age-appropriate education, access to vocational training, recreation, health care, counselling etc. As per the scheme guidelines, quantum of sponsorship for non-institutional care of children in need of care and protection is Rs.2000/- per child per month. For children living in Child Care Institution, there is a provision for maintenance grant of Rs. 2160/- per child per month.
As informed by National Commission for Protection of Child Rights , it has developed a Standard Operating Procedure 2.0 for care and protection of children in street situations which had been circulated to all the concerned authorities of the State Governments, State Commissions for Protection of Child Rights , and all Stakeholders for implementation.
The Government is committed to ensure safety and security of children in difficult circumstances through the network of statutory and service delivery structures across states/UTs. Besides, POSHAN Abhiyaan aims to reduce malnutrition in a phased manner, through a lifecycle approach, by adopting a synergised and result oriented approach. Moreover, during the pandemic, States/ UTs were directed to distribute food items and nutrition support by Anganwadi Workers, once in 15 days, at the doorstep of beneficiaries, i.e., children, women and lactating mothers to ensure continuous nutritional support.
- per JJ Act, 2015, the children in distress condition including street and orphan children are produced before Child Welfare Committees to ascertain the immediate need of child and issue appropriate orders for rehabilitation of such children, either to restore the child with care giver or place her / him in institutional or non-institutional care.
This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
President's Secretariat
Change of Guard Ceremony to recommence on Sundays from October 7; will continue to be held on Saturdays as well
The Change of Guard Ceremony on Sundays, which was discontinued earlier due to extreme weather conditions, will recommence from October 7, 2018. The timing of the Ceremony will be from 1730 hrs to 1810 hrs  and from 1630 hrs to 1710 hrs .
The Ceremony will also continue to take place on every Saturday at its original timings, i.e., from 1000 hrs to 1040 hrs  and from 0800 hrs to 0840 hrs .
The Change of Guard is a military tradition taken forward by the President’s Bodyguards  and the Army Guard. The 40 minute ceremony commences with the PBG troops advancing from behind the Jaipur column to the tune of ‘Maa Tujhe Salaam’, played by the Army Brass Band. The Army Guard contingent then marches in and the new guard replaces the old guard. The day's ceremony ends with an equestrian display by the PBG before they ride away towards Rashtrapati Bhavan, and with the National Anthem.
A request to witness the Change of Guard Ceremony can be made online through a link on the website https://rb.nic.in/rbvisit/rbvisit_cog.aspx. However, a person with valid government issued photo ID card would be allowed to witness the Ceremony subject to availability of seats. Entry is through Gate No. 2 or 37 of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Ministry of Mines
Hindustan Copper Limited signs Tripartite Wage Settlement
Hindustan Copper Limited, a Miniratna, Category I CPSE under the Ministry of Mines has signed the tripartite 8th Wage Settlement before Smt. Roopa Bharat, Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner , Kolkata, on 03.01.2023 for revision of Wages and Allowances of workmen.
Shri Arun Kumar Shukla, Chairman and Managing Director, Sanjay Panjiyar, Director , Shri Sanjiv Kumar Singh, Director , Shri Ghanshyam Sharma, Director  and Senior Officials of Hindustan Copper Limited along with the Representatives of Recognised Trade Unions from KCC Unit in Rajasthan , MCP Unit in Madhya Pradesh , ICC Unit in Jharkhand , TCP Unit in Maharashtra  and Corporate Office, Kolkata  signed the Wage Settlement which is for a period of 10 years w.e.f. 01/11/2017.
Ministry of Defence
SPACE DEFENCE MISSION
Mission DefSpace was launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister during DefExpo in October, 2022 with 75 Defence Space Challenges relevant to the end users. These challenges have been categorised into existing DDP initiatives of iDEX, Make-I and Make-2. Private Industries, including Start-ups, MSMEs and Individual Innovators, are eligible to apply. The challenges, classified into five buckets viz. Launch System, Satellite System, Communication & Payload System, Ground System and Software System, provide a holistic 3600 overview of space.
The Government has taken several policy initiatives in the past few years and brought in reforms to encourage indigenous design, development and manufacture of defence equipment, there by promoting self-reliance in defence manufacturing & technology in the country. These initiatives, inter-alia, include according priority to procurement of capital items from domestic sources under Defence Acquisition Procedure -2020; Announcement of 18 major defence platforms for industry led design & development in March 2022; Notification of four ‘Positive Indigenization Lists’ of total 411 items of Services and three ‘Positive Indigenization Lists’ of total 3738 items of Defence Public Sector Undertakings , for which there would be an embargo on the import beyond the timelines indicated against them; Simplification of Industrial licensing process with longer validity period; Liberalization of Foreign Direct Investment  policy allowing 74% FDI under automatic route; Simplification of Make Procedure; Launch of Innovations for Defence Excellence  scheme involving start-ups & Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises ; Implementation of Public Procurement  Order, 2017; Launch of an indigenization portal namely SRIJAN to facilitate indigenization by Indian Industry including MSMEs; Reforms in Offset policy with thrust on attracting investment and Transfer of Technology for Defence manufacturing by assigning higher multipliers; Establishment of two Defence Industrial Corridors, one each in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu; Opening up of Defence Research & Development  for industry, startups and academia with 25 percent of defence R&D budget; and Progressive increase in allocation of Defence Budget of military modernisation for procurement from domestic sources, etc.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt in a written reply to Shri Raja Amareshwara Naik and others in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
82,000 workmen trained in 6 trades for Highway Projects under Skill Development Program by MSD&E
Government has taken various steps to encourage use of electric vehicles, 3.14 lakhs electric vehicles are presently operating in the country
The Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Chemicals & Fertilizers, Shri Mansukh Mandaviya in a written reply to the Lok Sabha last week informed that the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has initiated Skill Development Program under RPL  scheme to train construction workers in the highway sector. The scheme is being implemented through the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, and guidelines to this effect have been issued by the Ministry.As per the guidelines, the workers are to be trained for Highway Projects costing more than Rs100 Crores. Under this program, 95,000 workmen have been registered till date and 82,000 workmen have been trained in 6 trades i.e. Masonry, Bar bending, Scaffolding, Shuttering/ Carpentry, Plumbing and Painting.
In another written reply, Shri Mandaviya stated that roads are being constructed in the country by using rubber as a modifier. MoRTH & National Highway Authority of India are contemplating to use rubberized bitumen as per the Indian Roads Congress  Guidelines,which will improve the quality of roads and will result in lesser wear and tear. He also informed the House that around 3.14 lakhs electric vehicles are presently operating in the country. The Government has taken various steps to encourage the use of electric vehicles which include exemption of battery operated vehicles from the requirement of permit, green background of registration plate of electric vehicles, allowing retro-fitment of hybrid electric system or electric kit to vehicles running on petrol and diesel and issuing guidelines & standards for charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. The increased number of electric vehicles will not only cut the cost of precious fuel but also save the environment from pollution.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Inclusion of Diseases like Covid-19 and Dengue under AB-PMJAY
Treatment of diseases like COVID-19 and dengue is included under Ayushman Bharat –Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana . Details of specific Health Benefit Packages for COVID-19 and dengue are at Annexure-I. State-wise details of COVID-19 testing and treatment under AB-PMJAY are at Annexure-II.
Annexure-I
Details of specific Health Benefit Packages for COVID-19 under AB-PMJAY:
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Sl. No.
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Package Name
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Procedure Name
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1
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Laboratory Tests for COVID-19 Infection  
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Laboratory Tests for COVID-19 Infection  
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2
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Laboratory Tests for COVID-19 Infection  
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Laboratory Tests for COVID-19 Infection  
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3
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Treatment of COVID-19 Infection
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Treatment of COVID-19 Infection
Details of specific Health Benefit Packages for dengue under AB-PMJAY:
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Sl. No.
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Package Name
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Procedure Name
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1
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Dengue Fever
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Dengue Fever
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2
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Dengue Fever
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Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
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3
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Dengue Fever
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Dengue Shock Syndrome
Annexure-II
COVID-19 Pre-authorization raised under AB-PMJAY:
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State/UT
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Testing Count
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Treatment Count
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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32
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7
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Andhra Pradesh
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2,00,945
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Assam
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332
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1,028
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Bihar
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145
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22
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Chandigarh
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3
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7
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Chhattisgarh
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1,049
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43,964
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DNH and DD
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19
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4
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Goa
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1
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Gujarat
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11,355
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Haryana
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14,817
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719
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Himachal Pradesh
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12
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52
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Jammu and Kashmir
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4
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729
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Jharkhand
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30
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1,495
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Karnataka
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1,82,070
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Kerala
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18,728
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1,33,591
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Madhya Pradesh
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7,891
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18,352
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Maharashtra
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1,35,904
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1,82,991
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Manipur
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1
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732
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Meghalaya
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7,589
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3,932
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Mizoram
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416
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Nagaland
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-
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12
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Puducherry
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20
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349
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Punjab
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13
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Rajasthan
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23,761
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Sikkim
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-
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32
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Tamil Nadu|
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18,50,134
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31,076
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Tripura
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1
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54
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Uttar Pradesh
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1,571
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1,421
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Uttarakhand
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2,042
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2,801
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Total
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20,51,692
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8,29,826
Note:Treatment data is as of 25th October 2021; Testing data is as of 1st week of June 2021
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Communications
4G and 5G Licenses to BSNL and MTNL
Government is implementing various schemes under Universal Service Obligation Fund  to enhance telecom connectivity in the rural and predominately tribal areas of the country including North Eastern Region  and areas affected by Left Wing Extremism , Border areas, Aspirational Districts and Islands. Also, BharatNet project is implemented in a phased manner to provide broadband connectivity to all Gram Panchayats  in the country. The scope of BharatNet has been extended up to all inhabited villages beyond GPs in the country. The details of the schemes are attached as Annexure-I.
The Government on 23.10.2019 approved the revival plan for BSNL and MTNL. The Cabinet inter-alia approved administrative allotment of spectrum for 4G services through capital infusion. On 21.12.2020, the Government approved the allocation of spectrum for Delhi/Mumbai to BSNL. Further, the Cabinet in its meeting held on 14-06-2022 has inter-alia reserved spectrum for BSNL for providing 5G services. Testing of Indian make 4G Equipment, under Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, is already at advance stage and the delivery of the equipment will commence after completion of the testing. People will start getting benefitted once this equipment are deployed and commissioned.
Annexure-I
Details of schemes/projects to improve the communication network/system in rural, tribal and hilly areas across the country:-
- Under LWE Phase-I scheme, 2,343 mobile towers have been installed in LWE areas which including 96 mobile towers of the State of West Bengal and are providing services. Under LWE Phase-II scheme, 2,542 mobile towers at Ministry of Home Affairs  identified locations are approved across the LWE States;
- Scheme for providing mobile connectivity in 354 villages of uncovered border areas including Ladakh and Kargil Region, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and other priority areas.;
- Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan for mobile connectivity in the North Eastern Region to provide mobile coverage in uncovered villages and along with the National Highways;
- Scheme for providing 4G mobile connectivity in 502 uncovered villages of Aspirational Districts in four States, namely, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan;
- Scheme for provisioning of 4G based Mobile service in 7287 uncovered villages of Aspirational Districts of 5 States Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Odisha;
- Laying of submarine optical fibre cable between Chennai and Andaman & Nicobar Islands for providing connectivity to Andaman & Nicobar Islands;
- Submarine OFC connectivity between Kochi and Lakshadweep Islands.
- Mobile connectivity to cover uncovered villages and along National Highway  in Andaman & Nicobar Islands;
- BharatNet project to create network to connect all the Gram Panchayats and villages with broadband infrastructure.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Communications, Shri Devusinh Chauhan in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 193.53 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 18.64 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The nationwide COVID 19 vaccination started on 16th January 2021. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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VACCINE DOSES
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SUPPLIED
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1,93,53,58,865
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BALANCE AVAILABLE
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18,64,66,285
More than 193.53 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt. of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than 18.64 Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 181.04 Cr
More than 11 lakh vaccine doses administered for age group 12-14 years
India's Active caseload declines to 27,802 today; stands at 0.06% of India’s total Positive Cases
2,075 new cases reported in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.73%
Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 0.41%
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 181.04 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,13,51,545 sessions.
COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 11 lakh  adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,04,02,965
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2nd Dose
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99,89,459
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Precaution Dose
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43,50,998
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,84,12,044
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2nd Dose
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1,74,86,783
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Precaution Dose
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66,45,704
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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11,68,106
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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5,61,66,904
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2nd Dose
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3,53,41,348
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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55,37,11,932
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2nd Dose
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45,89,25,575
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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20,25,96,597
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2nd Dose
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18,36,27,889
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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12,66,33,512
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2nd Dose
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11,43,73,173
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Precaution Dose
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1,06,63,935
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Precaution Dose
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2,16,60,637
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Total
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1,81,04,96,924
Following a continuous downward trend, India’s Active Caseload has declined to 27,802 today, constituting 0.06% of the country's total Positive Cases.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.73%. 3,383 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients  is now at 4,24,61,926.
2,075 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 3,70,514 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 78.22 Cr  cumulative tests.
There has been a sustained fall in the weekly and daily Positivity Rates too. Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 0.41% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 0.56%.
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
MoHUA launches one brand -‘SonChiraiya’ - for Urban SHG products;
Over 5.7 lakh SHGs formed across various States/ UTs with 60 lakh members
Over 2,000 products of 5,000 SHG members are onboarded on e-Commerce Portal across 25 States/ UT
Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, ShriDurga Shanker Mishra, today launched ‘SonChiraiya’ – - for marketing of urban Self-Help Group  products. While launching the brand and logo, he said that helping women to become financially empowered and live a dignified life is one of the priority areas of the Government.
DAY-NULM, under the aegis of MoHUA, has focussed on equipping the urban poor women with adequate skills and opportunities, and to enable them to promote sustainable micro enterprises. It mobilises women from urban poor households into SHGs and their federations to create a support system for these women. Over 5.7 lakh SHGs have been formed across various States/ UTs with almost 60 lakh members. Many of these SHGs are engaged in livelihood activities, producing goods such as handicrafts, textiles, toys, eatables and so on. These were being sold primarily in local neighbourhood markets and often faced barriers in achieving visibility and wide market access. To overcome these challenges, Ministry entered into Memorundum of Understandings  with leading e-Commerce Portals viz. Amazon and Flipkart, with an underlying narrative of women empowerment.
Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, this partnership has successfully onboarded on the e-Commerce Portal over 2,000 products of nearly 5,000 SHG members across 25 States/ UTs. Innovative methods of online trainings for SHGs have been ensured to enable them to smoothly operate on e-portals. Live demonstrations for account registration, pricing, packaging, re-branding and so on were also organised in collaboration with the e-portals and State Urban Livelihoods Missions.
This initiative will certainly prove as a step towards increased visibility and global access for the products made by urban SHG women. Ministry expects to link many more such SHG members, with variety of professionally packaged, hand-crafted ethnic products, reaching the doorsteps of the customers globally.
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Educational Institutions Run by Parsis
The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions  has granted Minority Status Certificate to 13,602 Minority Education Institutions, which includes 14 institutions run by the management belonging to Parsi Community, 5,153 institutions by Muslim community and 7,550 institutions by Christian community, 300 institutions run by the management belonging to Sikh Community, 63 institutions run by the management belonging to Buddhist Community, 522 institutions run by the management belonging to Jain Community.
Besides, as per UDISE+ 2019-20 data of Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, out of 50,536 minority schools,126 minority schools are run by the management belonging to Parsi community, 27,259 schools by Muslim community and 15,808 schools by Christian community, 600 schools by Sikh community, 720 schools by Buddhist community and 1140 schools by Jain community. Data on Minority institutions getting Government assistance or aid is not being maintained community-wise.
From 2016-17 to 2020-21, 4810 scholarships have been sanctioned for students from Parsi community under various scholarship schemes being implemented by the Ministry.
As per Census 2011, the population of Parsi community was 57264 which shows a general trend of declining population of the Parsi community. Thus, in order to contain this declining trend, the Ministry of Minority Affairs implements specific scheme namely ‘Jiyo Parsi’. The Scheme has three components:  Advocacy - includes counseling of couples with fertility, marriage, family and elderly counseling including workshops on relationship management, parenting, drug awareness etc.  Health of Community- includes creche/child care support, assistance to elderly etc.  Medical Assistance- includes Assisted Reproductive Technologies  which also includes In-vitro Fertilization and Intra Cytoplasmic Injection  and other modes including surrogacy. Benefits under this component can be availed by any eligible Parsi couples. However, percentage of financial assistance depends on annual income of the beneficiary. So far, 325 babies have been born with the financial assistance being provided under the scheme.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Minority Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.